Church of St. Nicholas, Anglo-Saxon slab

HER Number

11620

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Church of St. Nicholas, Anglo-Saxon slab

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Monument <By Form>

Site Type: Broad

Findspot

Site Type: Specific

Carved Stone

General Period

EARLY MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Early Medieval 410 to 1066

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Cramp (1984, 251) cites a reference by Honeyman (1932, 99) to a possible Anglo-Saxon slab carved with a pattern "in imitation of sea waves" that was formerly found at the north door of St. Nicholas's church, Newcastle. Both Bourne (1736) and Brand (1789) mention this stone, but it has not been seen in modern times.

Easting

424980

Northing

564020

Grid Reference

NZ424980564020

Sources

R. Cramp, 1984, Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, County Durham and Northumberland, 1, Parts 1 and 2, p 251; H.L. Honeyman, 1932, The cathedral church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 4, Vol IX, pp 96-193; H Bourne, 1736, The History of Newcastle upon Tyne, p 58; J Brand, 1789, The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, Vol 1, p 236; C.P. graves and D. H. Heslop, 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne, The Eye of the North - An Archaeological Assessment, p 85